Buyers and sellers at The World’s Online Marketplace, eBay, can now choose, with greater ease, the world’s largest delivery company to transport their treasures. The Postal Service’s “Online Postage” feature is now directly accessible from eBay’s website, simplifying the process of ordering merchandise, calculating postage and shipping items — without ever leaving eBay’s site.

Now hundreds of thousands of small and home-based businesses who are members of eBay can calculate postage, print and pay for shipping labels with postage from their PayPal account, all from one place. And when the package is ready for shipment, sellers can request next-day pickup of their outgoing Priority Mail and Express Mail parcels for free from many locations, allowing them to skip a trip to the Post Office.

“Fast, affordable and reliable shipping services are essential to eBay buyers and sellers alike,” said Meg Whitman, President and CEO of eBay. “Integrating payment and shipping solutions on eBay is important to the eBay community because members can manage their online sales conveniently from one place. We are very excited about this relationship.”

“The World’s Online Marketplace’ needed a Post Office, and we delivered,” said USPS Chief Marketing Officer Anita Bizzotto. “The eBay partnership is yet another example of our commitment to improving access, convenience and value for our customers, already the benchmark for the shipping industry.”

“No one else comes close to matching the Postal Service’s presence across the nation,” said Bizzotto. “We’re everywhere our customers live, work and shop.”

eBay is the most popular shopping destination on the Internet, with more than 16 million items for sale. In 2002, eBay facilitated nearly $15 billion in gross merchandise sales. The Postal Service is the preferred shipper for eBay members.

Through eBay, users have the advantage of printing professional, postage-paid shipping labels with one click. Here’s how it works:

• The seller posts an item for sale on eBay. From the “View Item” page, prospective buyers can learn about the product and calculate shipping costs by entering their ZIP Code.

• When the item sells, the seller collects a shipping fee from the buyer. The seller selects the appropriate shipping method, prints the appropriate shipping label, and pays the appropriate postage from their PayPal account.

• In many locations, sellers also can use a link to request next-day pickup of their outgoing Priority Mail and Express Mail parcels for free, saving themselves a trip to the Post Office.

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